Empaths, not everything you feel is yours
Empaths, not everything you feel is yours. Imagine a scenario where you’re going about your day, feeling settled and cheerful. Then a dear friend calls. She’s struggling with a difficult situation and shares with you what she’s going through. You listen to her and feel yourself getting heavier, more tired, and maybe even developing a headache. You were fine before the phone call. As you ponder what happened, you realize you took on your friend’s stress. Because we soak up the emotions of those around us like a sponge, we tend to assume...
Spirit guides
Benevolent spirit helpers walk by our side and lend their support and assistance on our spiritual journey. These compassionate beings guide us toward our inner wisdom and the larger spiritual truth when we open our intuition and connect with their wisdom and healing energy. Spirit guides take many different forms. They may be power animals, angels, ascended masters, nature spirits, or embodiments of the divine such as Kwan Yin or Jesus Christ. We have more than one spirit guide – often a whole team. Some of our guides are with us from birth...
Energy Essentials for Practitioners
When I first started doing compassionate depossession, the spirits of the dead would sometimes attach to me. I hadn’t yet learned to have strong energetic boundaries, so I faced a steep learning curve in the first few years. Out of sheer preservation, I discovered tools that worked for me. I have compiled these tools into a one-day class called “Energy Essentials for Practitioners.” For those who have taken the empaths series, it’s a combination of the most applicable tools from Modules 1 and 3 focusing on the needs of practitioners. If you...
Pain travels through families
“Pain travels through families until someone is ready to feel it.” I felt energetically off for the last couple weeks. I had a froggy throat, a prickly sensation in my chest, and more than a hint of tiredness. I wasn’t sure if it was physical, emotional, or something else. Sunday morning I sat with it as a shamanic friend held space. As he drummed, I got clarity. In the journey, I felt the grief of generations upon generations of women in my paternal lineage who had their voices silenced and their power taken. And I said, “No more.” I agreed...
The Gathering Place: a safe space for ancestral healing
When I first began my shamanic practice, I noticed early on that I had an affinity for ancestral healing. The client’s ancestors would appear in the session and share the story of the original wound in the family. Many of these suffering ancestors brought their pain directly into the room with them. Some of these ancestors had not yet crossed to the light and would attempt to sideline the healing due to their fear and resistance. Others were eager for healing and would clamor for attention, sometimes in large groups. The challenges presented...
Sitting in circle
Sitting in a spiritual circle can be an amazing experience. When a group of people gather for a common purpose – such as self-exploration, growth, skill development, or personal healing – it’s especially meaningful. The old saying that “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts” is true. Participants find that they can do more in circle than they could alone. There’s something about being supported by the group that allows us to trust and open our hearts. Everyone in circle is a teacher – we learn from each other’s wisdom, perspective,...